God is Omnipresent, An Attribute of God
God is unlimited and not confined by space. God is everywhere at all times, present at all times in His fullness at all times.
One of God’s attributes is that He is omnipresent which means that He is present everywhere at all times.
God is unlimited and not confined by space. God is everywhere at all times, present at all times in His fullness at all times. He fills all things with His Being. He comprehends all things at all times in all places in His being. It is the whole of God, not a part of Him that is present everywhere at all times. God, in His triune being, is omnipresent. He is not “more” in one place than another. The full essence of God is equal at all times at the same time. Omnipresence is infinite term. God is infinite. Had God made the universe billions and billions time bigger, God would not have needed to make Himself bigger. As an infinite God, His presence, His Being would have equally been everywhere.
We can neither hide nor flee from Him.
Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? Psalm 139:7 (ESV)
In Acts 4, the Christians were pooling their resources and laying them at the apostle’s feet so that the resources would be distributed as each had need. This was something they chose to do. No one was required to do it. In Acts 5, Ananias and his wife Sapphira sold a piece of property but kept a portion for themselves with the intent of leading others to believe that they were donating all their resources. They were struck dead, not by the apostles but by God. They could not hide their deeds from God.
Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord. Jeremiah 23:24 (ESV)
Expressions in the bible such as “God coming to us,” or “departing from us” or “hiding His face” cannot be understood in the form of distance. Rather, since He is omnipresent, it must be understood either anthropomorphically or He is manifesting His presence. When the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, it cannot be understood that God no longer was there and went someplace else but can only be understood that God was withdrawing His assistance or manifesting His presence. The essence of God is everywhere in His fullness at all times. When God is “far” from us, this can only be understood to mean His comfort or guidance. The essence of His presence, His being, has not moved or changed.
God fills the heavens and the earth. There are no secret places that He cannot see.
